New deepwater port for India

Puri Port Ltd, a joint venture between Century Ply and the Shyam group, is to develop a captive deepwater port at a total cost of US$180M at Bali Haichandi, some 10 km from the city of Puri in India. It will have a draught of 12m and be able to handle bulk carriers of up to 60,000 dwt.

An initial phase envisages building two berths with a combined capacity of 6 mtpa, which will be operational three years after land has been acquired. A second phase would add a third berth, bringing the combined capacity to 10 mtpa....

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This complete item is approximately 100 words in length, and appeared in the June 2009 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 9.

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